The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-23

county, Florida where he is wanted on
charge of attempt to rape He was
locked up in the county Jail, pending the
arrival of an officer from Washington
county.
Pine street, Jacksonville is being adorned
/ by q number of new business blocks
Preparations are being made by Alonzo II.
Jones to erect two-story brick block 'front.'
/ ing on Pine street, corner OF State, lOi feet
and 80 feet in depth On the ground floor
there will be five stores, while the second
story will be used for hall. The probable
! value of the block will be $4,000 On the
opposite side of the street the gas company
is erecting one-story frame building to be
used for a store.
Morton f. Plant and wife are III Jackson
! vile, spending the winter at the ST. James
Mr. Plant is the son of II. B. Plant, OF the
| Plant Investment Company. He Is now
closing contracts for the erection of hand
some residence on his orange grove at Fort
Gates The plans of the architect show
that it will be one of the handsomest winter
homes in the State, although not as large or
as extensive as some. The cost will he from
} $1,000 to $4,000 Mr. Plant expects to
have 1T ready for occupancy by spring.
AT Pensacola, Tuesday, Judge Mcclellan
| granted a peremptory writ compelling the
| Board of Pilot Commissioners to issue
license to w. l.. Bell as a stevedore, ii upon
| examination bv the board the applicant
were found competent. This action sus-
tains the validity of the law of 1870 and
amendments thereto, which prescribe an
examination of all applicants for steve
dore's license by the Board of Pilot Commits
sioners, who must also, in cases where APP
plicants are found competent, issue the
license
A long train of cars was being drawn up
from one of the side tracks at the Laurel
street station of the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West railway, at Palatka, Tues
day, when number OF cars became de-
tached from the engine and ran down grade
toward the river. There were three cars
loaded with wood for the ice factory on the
end of the pier and when the train struck
them one of the cars was showed into the
river, wood and all, the car breaking into
two parts about the middle A number OF
other cars we're damaged but none mater1-
ally
Mr.. REM has been unfortunate the past
week at his saw mill at Bridgeport. He
first cut his wrist on piece of iron while
drilling hole into the boiler to attach an
injector Then he got caught in the saw
carriage, and but for the sawyer seeing him
in time and stopping the machinery he
would have had his ankle crushed. third
accident was when piece of steam pipe
slippe ont of a.vise and cut small artery
over the right temple, which bled profuSaly
for time until bandages were applied. He
is all right again, and now proposes to keep
out of the mill.
B. F. Carrier, who has a fine orange
grove near Crescent City, on the pine land,
and owns, with Mr.. Bishop, of Hartford,
large grove on Lake Crescent, has expressed
box of fancy oranges to Col. Lamont to
be presented to President Cleveland. Those
who were invited to view the gift were
much pleased at the artistic arrangement
and fine taste displayed in placing the
oranges in the box-luscious and rich col
ored clusters were surrounded with Others
wrapped with paper representing the ''red,
white and blue" while dark green bunch
of magnolia leaves gave an elegant appear
ance to the whole